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A 12-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital Wednesday after a Portland man allegedly atacked him for squirting his car with a water gun, officials said.

Police arrested Matthew Woltmann, 41, of East Main Street, Portland, and charged him with breach of peace, risk of injury to a minor and third-degree assault.

According to police, Woltmann was approaching the Arrigoni Bridge Wednesday afternoon when he came upon three boys squirting water at passing cars. Woltmann became so enraged after the boys targeted him that he turned his car around and drove back to find them, police said.

Police said he tracked them down on Spring Street, where he parked his car, jumped out, grabbed one of the boys and punched him.

The boy, whose name police will not release because of his age, was treated at Middlesex Hospital and released.